doc.: IEEE /0976r0 Submission September 2015 D. Stanley HP-Aruba Networks 2 nd Vice Chair Report September 2015 Date: Authors: Slide 1
doc.: IEEE /0976r0 Submission September 2015 D. Stanley HP-Aruba Networks Abstract This slide contains requested reports and status from the nd Vice-Chair: Current Patent Slides Current Policies and Procedures and Operations Manual for IEEE- SA, IEEE 802, and IEEE Info on IEEE SA Policy changes Reminder on Posting Documents Joining the reflectors Joining 802 All List Server Known proposed changes to 802 P&P, 802 OM, 802WG P&P, Chair’s Guidelines Proposed revisions to OM Slide 2
doc.: IEEE /0976r0 Submission MONDAY– OPENING PLENARY Second Vice Chair Report September 2015 D. Stanley HP-Aruba NetworksSlide 3
doc.: IEEE /0976r0 Submission September 2015 D. Stanley HP-Aruba Networks Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. Participants [Note: Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2]: “Shall inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of each “holder of any potential Essential Patent Claims of which they are personally aware” if the claims are owned or controlled by the participant or the entity the participant is from, employed by, or otherwise represents “Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of “any other holders of potential Essential Patent Claims” (that is, third parties that are not affiliated with the participant, with the participant’s employer, or with anyone else that the participant is from or otherwise represents) The above does not apply if the patent claim is already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance that applies to the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged No duty to perform a patent search Slide 4
doc.: IEEE /0976r0 Submission September 2015 D. Stanley HP-Aruba Networks Patent Related Links All participants should be familiar with their obligations under the IEEE-SA Policies & Procedures for standards development. Patent Policy is stated in these sources: IEEE-SA Standards Boards Bylaws IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual Material about the patent policy is available at If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at or visit This slide set is available at Slide 5
doc.: IEEE /0976r0 Submission September 2015 D. Stanley HP-Aruba Networks Call for Potentially Essential Patents If anyone in this meeting is personally aware of the holder of any patent claims that are potentially essential to implementation of the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group and that are not already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance: Either speak up now or Provide the chair of this group with the identity of the holder(s) of any and all such claims as soon as possible or Cause an LOA to be submitted Slide 6
doc.: IEEE /0976r0 Submission September 2015 D. Stanley HP-Aruba Networks Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings All IEEE-SA standards meetings shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, including antitrust and competition laws. Don’t discuss the interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patents/patent claims. Don’t discuss specific license rates, terms, or conditions. Relative costs, including licensing costs of essential patent claims, of different technical approaches may be discussed in standards development meetings. Technical considerations remain primary focus Don’t discuss or engage in the fixing of product prices, allocation of customers, or division of sales markets. Don’t discuss the status or substance of ongoing or threatened litigation. Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed … do formally object See IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details. Slide 7
doc.: IEEE /0976r0 Submission 802 Ground rules Respect … give it, get it NO product pitches NO corporate pitches NO prices NO restrictive notices – presentations must be openly available Silence your cell phone ringers Silence your electronic devices September 2015 D. Stanley HP-Aruba NetworksSlide 8
doc.: IEEE /0976r0 Submission IEEE-SA policy documents IEEE Code of Ethics – IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Affiliation FAQ – Antitrust and Competition Policy – Letter of Assurance Form – IEEE-SA Patent Committee FAQ & Patent slides – and September 2015 D. Stanley HP-Aruba NetworksSlide 9
doc.: IEEE /0976r0 Submission Current IEEE-SA Rule documents The current version of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws is available at: (HTML version) (PDF version) The current version of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual is available at: (HTML version) (PDF version) September 2015 D. Stanley HP-Aruba NetworksSlide 10
doc.: IEEE /0976r0 Submission September 2015 D. Stanley HP-Aruba Networks Current IEEE 802, rules documents IEEE 802 Policies & Procedures –(link to AudCom, approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board June 2014) – IEEE 802 Operations Manual (07 November 2014) – IEEE 802 Working Group Policies &Procedures (18 July 2014) – IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guidelines (01 July 2015) – IEEE WG OM: (17 July 2015) – manual.docxhttps://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/14/ operations- manual.docx Policies and Procedures hierarchy – IEEE 802 Procedural document website : Slide 11
doc.: IEEE /0976r0 Submission Known proposed IEEE 802 EC Rule Changes LMSC P&P – No changes proposed 802 LMSC OM - Change at same time as WG P&P in Nov – 03/IEEE_802_OM_proposed_v17.1.pdfhttp:// 03/IEEE_802_OM_proposed_v17.1.pdf –Add Joint working group treasury text (deleted from IEEE 802 WG P&P section14.2) WG P&P – Was forwarded to Audcom July 2015 –Proposed Working Group P&P using December, 2013 baseline v17.5, deemed without issue by AudCom and SASBProposed Working Group P&P using December, 2013 baseline –Changes are summarized in ec ec Chair’s Guidelines – no changes identified at this time September 2015 D. Stanley HP-Aruba NetworksSlide 12
doc.: IEEE /0976r0 Submission LMSC WG P&P Changes LMSC WG P&P – asked Audcom for clarification –3.4 Fiduciary duty to IEEE –4.2 Roster information validation –4.3 Participant definition –6.0 Electronic meetings –7.1 Approval of an action (2/3 approval) –(old 9.7) roll-call votes deleted –(was 9.6) text deleted, ensure that we still have text regarding duration of WG LBs ballots Joint working group treasury text deleted: IEEE 802 WG P&P 14.2 –Move to 802 LMSC Operations Manual September 2015 D. Stanley HP-Aruba NetworksSlide 13
doc.: IEEE /0976r0 Submission IEEE OM Status and changes Document contains the current IEEE Operations Manual (approved July 2015). Changes: –Updates to figure D-1: addition of “Former Voter” and correction that Aspirant has access to members area, see Consider any further changes in November 2015 –Combine secretary guidelines (Section 10 and Appendix B) into one section September 2015 D. Stanley HP-Aruba NetworksSlide 14
doc.: IEEE /0976r0 Submission September 2015 D. Stanley HP-Aruba Networks Reflectors There is an reflector for the working group, plus one for each task group. Write access to the reflectors allowed for those who are members with status: aspirant, nearly-voter, potential- voter, voter. To make a request, visit the reflector request page: –Gathers information and sends an to Vice Chair If you change your address – please let me know. I will perform a global change to the list servers. Public read access to all reflectors is available via the home page on the “WG ” menu. Slide 15
doc.: IEEE /0976r0 Submission IEEE 802-ALL List Server IEEE 802 only provides ed session announcements. To join this list and stay informed about upcoming plenary sessions, send to with no subject and with the following 2 lines appearing first in the body of the subscribe stds-802-all end September 2015 D. Stanley HP-Aruba NetworksSlide 16
doc.: IEEE /0976r0 Submission Reminder for Posting Documents From the OM – –All submissions presented to and all minutes shall be posted to the document server. –Please check to ensure all documents are posted If you have a “pending” document that is in error, let Adrian or Jon or Dorothy know. –Secretaries should put “Minutes” in the lower left corner for “minutes” of meetings. September 2015 D. Stanley HP-Aruba NetworksSlide 17
doc.: IEEE /0976r0 Submission WEDNESDAY – MID-WEEK PLENARY nd Vice Chair Report September 2015 D. Stanley HP-Aruba NetworksSlide 18
doc.: IEEE /0976r0 Submission IEEE OM Status and changes Document contains the current IEEE Operations Manual (approved July 2015). Changes: –Updates to figure D-1: addition of “Former Voter” and correction that Aspirant has access to members area, see Consider any further changes in November 2015 –Combine secretary guidelines (Section 10 and Appendix B) into one section September 2015 D. Stanley HP-Aruba NetworksSlide 19
doc.: IEEE /0976r0 Submission FRIDAY – CLOSING PLENARY nd Vice Chair Report September 2015 D. Stanley HP-Aruba NetworksSlide 20
doc.: IEEE /0976r0 Submission IEEE OM Status and changes Document contains the current IEEE Operations Manual (approved July 2015). Changes: –Updates to figure D-1: addition of “Former Voter” and correction that Aspirant has access to members area, see Consider any further changes in November 2015 –Combine secretary guidelines (Section 10 and Appendix B) into one section September 2015 D. Stanley HP-Aruba NetworksSlide 21